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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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840 |
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AUTHOR:
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
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QUOTATION:
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Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used my best endeavors to keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict Europe, and which assail us on every side. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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President THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to the Young Republicans of Pittsburg, December 2, 1808.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. H. A. Washington, vol. 8, p. 142 (1871). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Happiness |
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